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Seeing the title of the script, Zheng Qi, who had preconceived that it was a comedy, became embarrassed and wondered how to politely refuse without offending Ye Zhiqiu.

When Wang Qiang learned that this was an art film, he didn't say anything. He took the script and began to read it carefully.

While Wang Qiang was reading the script, his agent Zheng Qi took the initiative to find topics to chat with Ye Zhiqiu.

"Director Ye, the nominations for this year's Baihua Awards will be announced soon."

"probably."

"The Kashiwa Award is held every two years. This year's date has been set, which is August 8. Nominations are usually announced two months in advance, so it will probably be announced in the next few days."

Zheng Qi analyzed, and then said with admiration: "Director Ye, you will definitely get a lot of nominations for this year's Baihua Award, and it is certain that you will win the award in the end."

Zheng Qi is not complimenting him. In the past two years, the number of movies with domestic box office exceeding 30 billion can be counted on ten fingers, and two of them are related to Ye Zhiqiu, "Dying to Survive" and "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World"!

In addition, "The Return of the Great Sage" and "No Man's Land" are also excellent works...

Ye Zhiqiu alone covers the three roles of director, screenwriter, and actor. With the popularity of these works, it is very likely that he will win the award...

"Thank you for your good words." Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile.

Zheng Qi glanced at Wang Qiang, who was still concentrating on reading the script. He was curious as to why he looked so serious. He didn't look like he was watching a comedy at all. He said regretfully, "Qiangzi's situation is not that good."

"The last movie barely recovered its cost, and the ratings weren't very high, so there was no hope of winning any awards,"

At this point, Zheng Qi smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, Director Ye. Three years ago, we were full of ambition and ambition to win the Best Actor Award in China."

"In the end, I won the Golden Broom Award, but I'm not good enough to be a director. Two years have passed in the past three years, and I haven't won the Best Actor Award. I haven't even been nominated once..."

Zheng Qi deliberately mentioned these things during the conversation just to pave the way for Ye Zhiqiu in advance, so that Wang Qiang's refusal after reading the script would not seem so abrupt.

Ye Zhiqiu knew what the other person was thinking, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he smiled and said, "Actually, I always think that Brother Wang Qiang's acting skills are underestimated."

"Everyone is impressed by his comedy performances but ignores his acting skills. If he can come across a good script, I believe that Brother Qiang has a good chance of winning another Best Actor award."

"You think so too?" Zheng Qi's face was slightly happy, and then he sighed and said, "But it's not easy to come across a good script."

"In the past two years, there have been many scripts that have come to us, but most of them are of average quality... Director Ye, your Chinatown Detective is the best one."

Zheng Qi flattered him and continued, "For those art films aiming for awards, they wouldn't think of us first when they look for actors. It's really rare to come across one..."

As he spoke, Zheng Qi glanced at Wang Qiang and became more and more confused.

Why is it that instead of laughing at this "comedy" script, my expression becomes more and more serious? But I can't care less...

More than half an hour passed. Wang Qiang took a deep breath and slowly put down the script in his hand.

On the side, his agent Zheng Qi, who had been keeping an eye on his actions, was about to speak, but unexpectedly Wang Qiang spoke first.

"I'll take this role."

"Right...what?" Zheng Qi thought Wang Qiang was going to refuse and was about to agree, but the next moment he realized what was going on and was dumbfounded. He turned his head and looked at Wang Qiang in disbelief.

This is different from what we said before!

"No, Qiangzi, why don't we reconsider it?" Zheng Qi hurriedly persuaded, and in a place where Ye Zhiqiu couldn't see, he desperately winked at Wang Qiang.

"No, I want to play this role!" Wang Qiang repeated firmly.

"......" Zheng Qi was speechless and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"This character is so relatable. That feeling...how can I put it..." Wang Qiang said excitedly. It was obvious that the script he had just read had deeply touched him.

"Oh! I'm not good at talking... I can't describe that feeling! To be honest, when I read this script, it was just like watching real life. There was such a person in our village before..."

"Forget about that. I'll sign the contract anytime!"

As Wang Qiang described, Zheng Qi gradually reacted.

From the sound of it, this "Hellow! Mr. Tree" doesn't look like a comedy?

Then, he became even more confused. What kind of script could move Wang Qiang so much that he even had the urge to act in it.

As if Ye Zhiqiu had anticipated Wang Qiang's reaction, he said with a calm smile on his face, "Brother Qiang, don't worry about the contract yet."

"Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. Let's talk about a few points clearly in the context of business."

Wang Qiang calmed down a little now and nodded as if listening.

"First of all, this movie won't do very well at the box office." This was Ye Zhiqiu's first sentence.

In its previous life, "Hello! Mr. Tree" was a drama film written and directed by director Han Jie and starred by Wang Baoqiang.

This film mainly tells the story of a rural youth named "Shu" who gradually collapses and becomes insane in the face of family tragedy and real-life difficulties, facing numerous blows.

The atmosphere of the entire movie is very dark and depressing from beginning to end. Even if there are occasional humorous moments, they only serve to push the current situation into a more desperate abyss.

In its previous life, this film was a "critically acclaimed but not commercially successful" type of film, and it only earned a pitiful 200 million in box office revenue in China. Although the ratings and word of mouth were very good, it once failed to make back its investment, and only after adding various subsequent revenues did it barely achieve profitability.

"Then, to be honest, I didn't think about making money from this movie. I shot it with the mentality that I might lose money, so the production cost wouldn't be very high." Ye Zhiqiu continued.

"So, the pay cannot be like other commercial films. If you were to act in this film, your pay would probably be only a dozen or even a few dozen times what it is in other films."

The previous sentence was nothing, but Zheng Qi frowned again when he heard this.

No one can predict the box office, but it's against the rules to ask Wang Qiang to reduce his pay so much!

It's not that they are obsessed with money or anything, but an actor has a value and level. For someone at Wang Qiang's level, his salary for starring in a movie is about 4000 million. There may be a friendship price, but it won't drop that much.

Otherwise, what if others find out and say, "I'm your buddy too, why did you give the role to him and not to me at this price?" This may inadvertently offend more people.

However, to Zheng Qi's surprise, Wang Qiang still answered without thinking.

"to make!"

"This movie is really good, you can decide on the salary, just let me act in it!"

"!?" Zheng Qi almost felt his eyes go dark when he heard this.

What kind of script is this? Is Wang Qiang so eager to act it out?